六十四 (liù shí sì) — sixty-four

Definition

numeral
sixty-four

Examples

  • 六十四。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu liù shí sì gè xué shēng.
    There are 64 students in our class.
  • 六十四。
    Yé ye jīn nián liù shí sì suì le.
    Grandpa is 64 years old this year.
  • 六十四。
    Zhè běn shū yǒu liù shí sì yè.
    This book has 64 pages.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

六十
六liùsix十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
四sìfour

“六” and “十” make sixty, and “四” is added to it, giving sixty-four.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

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